Ivory Gull at ISO 3200

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I made this image about 20 minutes before sunrise right after finding this bird on the beach. I really liked the light but it was still quite dark. The original was slightly underexposed. The shutter speed was very low to begin with and I was handholding. I only ran NR on the background. There is a little noise in the plumage but I thought it would give a good impression of the high ISO capabilities of the Mark IV.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/121212761/original.jpg

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/80s, f/8, ISO 3200

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Incredible on all fronts Axel...high iso performance is great...but so is your hand-holding, exposure, composition, low angle. The plane and the pilot both seem to be excellent here.

[Stu Bowie]

Axel, pretty impressive for that ISO. With this being a rare sighting for you, Im sure you got off a whole lot of different shots. Great HA, and love the warm colours.

[Bill Dix]

Axel - Wonderful soft light, and ultra-low angle. Great HH technique - I assume this meant elbows on the beach. Where did you find this lovely creature? I've yet to see one.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel - Wonderful soft light, and ultra-low angle. Great HH technique - I assume this meant elbows on the beach. Where did you find this lovely creature? I've yet to see one.

Thanks, Bill! This bird was on Cape Cod on the weekend. I haven't seen any reports in the last two days if the bird is still there.

[Myer Bornstein]

Great picture and light Alex What day where you there?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great picture and light Alex What day where you there?

Thanks, Myer! I was there on Saturday. My name is Axel, BTW. :)

[Myer Bornstein]

Axel Typing error sorry ;).. I did my photography Sunday. Was out on a birding cruise around all the Boston Harbor Island on Saturday otherwise would have probably met you

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel Typing error sorry ;).. I did my photography Sunday. Was out on a birding cruise around all the Boston Harbor Island on Saturday otherwise would have probably met you

I left Friday night to be there on Saturday by sunrise, I really didn't want to miss the bird. I might go back one more time if the gull stays.

[tiziano cei]

great iso perform!

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful light, Axel, great ISO. I tried Al's and was quite happy with it.

[Lise De Serres]

Wow! I'm very impressed with the quality at ISO 3200.
I really like the ambiance in this picture.
A lovely combination of pastels colours.
Very beautiful!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

That's a wicked image Axel! Well done mate and thanks for sharing. Lovely warm tones and solid technique.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great image, don't mind the bit of noise on the plumage, impressive for that ISO value.
I think I see thin red eye-ring. I think it is real and you might be the first one ever to capture that.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Congrats!!! Axel Bhai, on your new toy, loved the expo here and the angle too...

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super image Axel. Love the low angle, colours and exposure! Good to see the MK4 performing well so far.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely image. From the shutter speed and ISO combination one can imagine the level of light. Like the colours.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi